My Pink Lipstick Collection

After watching quite a few beautiful deep brown ladies wearing the now infamous MAC lipstick Candy Yum Yum, I decided to give in to the hype. It is not the usual colour I would wear. I have bought pink lipsticks before but never wore them for long periods. On a whim I decided to buy Candy Yum Yum and a few other pinks to bulk up my collection. I am quite impressed and love this bolder me. I just have to get the right balance between eyeshadow and lipstick right. Below I have included swatches of each lipstick I own. Some are said to be dupes of Candy Yum Yum so you can compare and contrast that for yourself.

How do you wear pink lipsticks and do you suggest any lipliner shades?

MAC Candy Yum Yum

Milani Rose Hip

Barry M 52

Barry M 62

MUA Shade 6

GlossyBox Glossy Pink

Sleek Fuchsia

ELF Gypsy

Sleek Loved Up

Helen E Marshmallow

Maybelline Fuchsia Flash

ELF Makeup Buys

I took advantage of the recent £10 off minimum £30 spend at Eyes Lips Face makeup. I used it as an opportunity to get hold of the Everyday Eyes palette I have been after for ages. I bought some other stuff too as listed and pictured below. Also check out my video.

Items bought :

Eyelid primer

High Definition under eye powder

Blush/Bronzer Blushed - Bronzed

Studio Powder Brush

Blush - Glow

Cream Eyeshadow Collection

Back to School Bundle  - contained - Everyday eyes palette, Nail polish in Berry Pink, Studio lipgloss in Perfect pink, Liquid Eyeliner in pearl

E.L.F. 6 in 1 palette

The other week as always browsing tweets and came across Eyes Lips Face UK team whose distribution company Distribeauty had just set up a Facebook page. As a treat for being the 1st 100 to like the page you could win some free E.L.F. makeup. I was like well why not try to be a winner today. And lo and behold I got there on time and within a week a rather large package arrived at my door. 

It contained their 6 in 1 Beauty to Go palette that comes with 60 eyeshadows, 12 lip colours, 4 blushes, 2 bronzers and a compact with mirror. These are all divided into 6 palettes which snap into the compact. So would be perfect for a night or weekend or way or simply just to travel with. I have yet to try these colours out yet but from the swatches on E.L.F.'s blog I know I will love using these. Over the last year I have become such a fan of E.L.F.

Now with so much blush at my disposal I guess I will have to try them out more often. My friend is a Makeup Artist and she always makes my cheeks pop. I still have a lot to learn. With all this freeness I definitely have a lot more to play with.

Eyes Lips Face makeup not bad

I had been reading on the beauty blogs about ELF makeup for so long. This year I have indulged three times thanks to their ever so inviting discount codes. My last purchase was a few weeks ago when they offered 50% off. The American site seems to offer this more often than the UK one. I am pretty much happy to buy bargain makeup as long as I have decent base. 

I find the eyeshadows have major fallout but because of the price and the pigment in the colours it is a minor issue to me. I love the Lipstick in Fantasy as it is more of real nude lip for my complexion. Not a nude beige (which is not nude to me) but a nude brown. I have not tried the lashes as yet but my co-worker bought loads at the same time. The lip liners I am not sure if I have gotten the right colours but trial and error at £1.50 plus 50% off is not bad. I really do love the Beauty Encyclopaedia Everyday Eyes. Nice neutral colours which are are different to the Urban Decay Naked Palette.  Now the Glitz and Glam set I only purchased for the mascara as that was sold out at the time of my purchase. Also I like the eyeshadow brush. My eyelids are not huge so this one makes application easy. I will be investing in more. 

Products bought this time round were:

Lipstick in shade Fantasy 

Lipstick in shade Gypsy

Get the look Glitz and Glam

Eyeshadow Brush

Lip Liner Bark and Bitter

Eyelashes

Beauty Encyclopaedia Everyday Eyes 

Have you bought any ELF products before. Do you recommend any particular product I should try?